Framing: offered unframed

Note: This accomplished drawing was made when the artist was only about 16 years of age. Cocteau had been unsuccessful as a student failing his Bacalauriat. He was sent to Val-Andre, a Breton seaside resort, to the home of Hermann Dietz, a teacher at the Lyceee Buffon, who gave remedial courses to students. “He surprised us by the contrast between his Protestantism and his odalisque poses”, worse Cocteau, “He would stretch himself out , slither about, knot himself up and unknot himself, sending an arm here, a leg there”. Dietz was not successful in enthusing the bright student in his studies - Cocteau preferred tennis, paddling in the sea, working on his poems or sketching out his theatrical work. Cocteau’s first novel “Le Grand Ecart” , written in 1923, featured a “Monsieur Berlin” whose persona was modelled on Herman Dietz.

US $

Euro

UK pound

Swiss Fr

3000-3500

2730-3185

2460-2870

3030-3535

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